The year of my first kiss

Help Ari decide what to do—in this interactive novel, every choice is yours!

Thirteen-year-old Ari is certain of just one thing: she hates her final year of middle school. Everyone keeps telling her it’s an exciting milestone, but all she can see is the end of an era—and the pressure of choosing a high school, which is the last thing she wants to do. So she comes up with a plan: she’ll enroll at the same school as her best friend, Ginny, and everything will stay exactly the same.

Except nothing is going according to plan. Ginny has started making room in their friendship for a third wheel. Giacomo, the sweet but awkward boy next door, has suddenly become… kind of cute. And then there’s Leo, the blond bad boy every girl seems to have a crush on, who’s unexpectedly started paying attention to Ari.

But what does Ari really want? Should she follow her passion for drawing and apply to art school? Tell Ginny she’s jealous? Turn her friendship with Giacomo into something more? Or take a chance on Leo?

• An engaging interactive novel where every decision leads to a different path—and a different ending.
• A heartfelt coming-of-age story that explores friendship, identity, first love, and the challenge of choosing your own future with warmth, honesty, and humor.